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I hope the guy from Akron fights as well as he talks trash:

"Tommy, THIS Bell tolls for thee! Tommy Z will become Tommy Zzzzzzzzz when I land my powerful "Big Ten-Count" on his chin and put him to sleep."

:oh: :io:


Angelo Dundee will be in Tommy Z's corner, that's something. I'm assuming that although Zbikowski will now be a pro, he can't accept any endorsement money and still play football. Is the NCAA OK with him winning boxing prize money?
 
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BB73 said:
Angelo Dundee will be in Tommy Z's corner, that's something. I'm assuming that although Zbikowski will now be a pro, he can't accept any endorsement money and still play football. Is the NCAA OK with him winning boxing prize money?
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http://www.uscho.com/collegesports/money/uid,SQTZ033020066877142/NDsZbikowskiToFightProfessionallyAtMadisonSquareGarden.html
Keeping Notre Dame football a priority was an issue when Tom Zbikowski was deciding to accept the contract. A primary concern was keeping him eligible for football in the fall.
The NCAA regulates players who are professional in one sport to play college ball in another — a situation that NCAA spokesperson Kent Barrett is not unusual, but generally reserved for football players drafted by Major League Baseball teams.
"I honestly haven't heard of it happening [an NCAA player boxing professionally] but I can't say it hasn't," Barrett said. "It's probably more common for people to play minor league baseball."
According to NCAA Bylaw 12.1.2, "a professional athlete in one sport may represent a member institution in a different sport."
The main difference is accepting endorsement money, said Mike Karowski, Notre Dame's associate athletic director in charge of compliance.
"[An athlete's] name, appearance or likeness can't be used to promote a commercial product or service," Karowski said. "And the question was if there are promotional items related to his fight, how does that impact him? And that's what we sort of have to navigate through, and ultimately it was decided that anything that was informational, factual in nature and specific just to his boxing match, it would be okay for him to participate in that."
This means that in commercials publicizing the fight, Zbikowski can be referred to as a Notre Dame football player. However, a commercial entity could not offer him money to wear their apparel or participate in advertising.
 
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once again the NCAA is wishy-washy and mind-boggling with their ruling. Players cannot capitalize on their fame as an amateur player (ie football camps). I can somewhat understand why someone can play minor league baseball, since they make the team independent of their scholarship sport fame.

However, in this case, Zibby is directly profiting from his school and fame as an ND player. Without that interest, this fight would not be taking place in the garden.

Also, boxing is notorious for having rigged fights, or at least unfair ones. Zibby seems to be a talented boxer with a lot of interest from his amateur accomplishments in ND football. I have a hard time imagining them giving him a tough first fight and throwing away potential for any future matchups.
 
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once again the NCAA is wishy-washy and mind-boggling with their ruling. Players cannot capitalize on their fame as an amateur player (ie football camps). I can somewhat understand why someone can play minor league baseball, since they make the team independent of their scholarship sport fame.

However, in this case, Zibby is directly profiting from his school and fame as an ND player. Without that interest, this fight would not be taking place in the garden.

Also, boxing is notorious for having rigged fights, or at least unfair ones. Zibby seems to be a talented boxer with a lot of interest from his amateur accomplishments in ND football. I have a hard time imagining them giving him a tough first fight and throwing away potential for any future matchups.
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FYI- Jeff Samardzija was just drafted bu the Cubs and plans on spending a month or so pitching in the minors this summer. Being a Cub hater I think the Cubs just made his baseball/football decision easier!!
 
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jwinslow said:
once again the NCAA is wishy-washy and mind-boggling with their ruling. Players cannot capitalize on their fame as an amateur player (ie football camps). I can somewhat understand why someone can play minor league baseball, since they make the team independent of their scholarship sport fame.

However, in this case, Zibby is directly profiting from his school and fame as an ND player. Without that interest, this fight would not be taking place in the garden.

Also, boxing is notorious for having rigged fights, or at least unfair ones. Zibby seems to be a talented boxer with a lot of interest from his amateur accomplishments in ND football. I have a hard time imagining them giving him a tough first fight and throwing away potential for any future matchups.
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FYI- Jeff Samardzija was just drafted by the Cubs and plans on spending a month or so pitching in the minors this summer. Being a Cub hater I think the Cubs just made his baseball/football decision easier!!
 
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